It has become common practice for eager-to-please law firms to send their junior lawyers on secondment in-house, hoping that it will cement the client relationship and hand the secondee that all-important commercial experience.
In April, Legal Week‘s The Verdict survey of senior corporate counsel confirmed this cosy arrangement is pleasing both sides. Nearly a third of respondents said the number of secondees they used had increased during the previous six months, while 67% said it had stayed the same. Just 4% anticipated a drop.
